Washboiler attachment.



PATENTED JUNE 2, 190a.

' H. AGHILLES.

WASHBOILER ATTACHMENT.- gnmomlou FILED SEPT. 13, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC HEEMANN onILLE's, oF-noETMUN GERMANY.

WAsH so I LER ATTACH ME'NT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 730,071, dated June 2, 1903. Application filed September 13, 1902. Serial No. 123,331. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, HERMANN AoHILLEs, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing in Dortmund, Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Washboiler Attachments, of which the following is a speci with longitudinal openings, throngh'which the lye can circulate in the same manner as in perforated pipes, wire-nettings,'and the like which have been used heretofore.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the present specification, Figure 1 is an elevation of the preferred form of the new device. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Figs. 3 and 4 are cross-sections of the lines 3 3, 4 4. of Figs. 1 and 5, respectively. Figs. 5 and 6 are an elevation and plan view of the device provided with a bell. Fig. 7 .is an elevation of a modified form of the device, and Fig; 8 is a plan view of the same. Figs. 9 and 11 are end views of the pillar, illustrating its construction. Fig. 10 is a cross-section on line 10 10 of Fig. 7. Fig. 12 is an elevation of another modification, and Fig. 13 is the plan view thereof.

a is a pillar of wood,being traversed at its lower end by two cross-bars b and b. and having two longitudinal slots 0 c, crossing each other and cut clear through the Wood almost the entire length of the pillar. The edges e may be beveled, as shown, or may remain rectangular. i

The apparatus as described is placed into an ordinary washboiler, where the pillar a, is steadied in a proximately vertical position by the bars I) b. When the linen is packed around the pillar and thrown upon the bars b b, the water and lye which are used for boiling the linen will partly accumulate in the neighborhood of the rods 1) b and will be inclosed in the slotsc, as in a pipe, and when boiling will ascend and spread over the linen in the same way as in boilers where metal tubes are used for this purpose. The slots are so narrow that the linen cannot get in, and a channelfor the rising of the boiling lye will always remain unobstructed.

,FigsJfi and 6 show' a bell-shaped body d,

secured at a slight distance above the crossbars b 1). Such a bell prevents the linen still more efficaciously from filling the pasf f in Figs. 7 to 13 are vertical rods of wood,

preferably, of a square cross-section, which are connected at their bottom end by crossbars g 9, serving the same purpose as the bars I) b in Figs. land 2. The top ends of the rods fare united by a small cross-piece of wood'd' In Figs.10 and 11, it represents wires of non-rusting metal connecting the vertical with the horizontal members for the purpose ofgreater stability and for the purpose of keeping the linen away from the center, and thereby obtaining the same advantage as by the use of the bell d.

Figs. 12 and 13 represent the same device as Figs. 7 and 8. However, the Wires h are substituted by small plates of metal or of wood. Besides two rings ZZ are drawn through the horizontal members, serving also the donble purpose of steadying the device and of centeringa certain quantity of lye.

. I claim- 1. An attachment for Washboilers for promoting the circulation of the lye, consisting of an upright having longitudinal openings through it, and having steadying cross-bars at the foot end and means extending from the lower part of the upright to hold the clothes at a distance therefrom, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

2. An attachment for washboilers for promoting the circulation of the lye, consisting of an upright having longitudinal openings through it, and having at the foot end crossbars for steadying the upright, in combination with a bell d to allow of an accumulation of the lye at the-bottom of the boiler.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HERMANN ACHILLES. In presence of WILLIAM ESSENWEIN, PETER. LIEBER. 

